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An Illustrated Life: Drawing Inspiration from the Private Sketchbooks of Artists, Illustrators and Designers (Paperback)
$17.62 - Save $2.37 (11%) - RRP $19.99 Free shipping worldwide (to United States and
all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for An Illustrated LifeOffers a peek into the personal world of talented artists, designers and illustrators.
Full description- Publisher: How Books
- Published: 16 December 2008
- Format: Paperback 272 pages
- See: Full bibliographic data
- Categories: Drawing | Illustration
- ISBN 13: 9781600610868 ISBN 10: 1600610862
- Sales rank: 4,658
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Reviews for An Illustrated Life
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wonderful gallery
What a fantastic gallery this book is. It displays lots of sketches from 50 illustrators, designers and artists and an introduction (sometimes over a few pages) to each of them, their work, why and how they sketch and titbits like which pens they use. What I especially like is that so many different artistic styles are represented: drawings, paintings, illustrations, doodles, comics and mixed-media art journal pages. The subjects include everything from landscapes and scenes to lists and records of daily living, food eaten and places visited. The more than 250 pages provide wonderful glimpses into the lives of the artists, who come from a variety of backgrounds.
I'm not enamored of all the artists showcased - in fact, I personally found a lot of the works rather ugly - but there is no doubt the book is a treasure trove of inspiration and ideas for what we can all do in our own sketchbooks and journals. My main beef with this book is that while there are loads of photos, some of them are not all that big and it's hard to see the details in the pieces. Make sure you have a magnifying glass!
4.5 by liberal sprinkles
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